I use Pages to write college papers. Don't really like keynote...prefer powerpoint. Numbers is okay...I only use it to sort columns and then go back to excel.
I write for a living. For a long time I used Office v.X, which I got in 2003 with a TiBook. I really liked it. Then I decided that I better try out some alternatives and get more up to date. I tried Office 2008 and it was awful - slow and buggy on my MBP, and could barely run on my PBG4. Then I tried Pages and liked it a lot, but exporting all of my documents to PDF or Doc to share them with people was a pain.
In the end I went back to Office v.X - but in the future I could see standardizing on Pages. As far as I'm concerned Office 2008 is worthless. I also like the Excel that comes with Office v.X.
If you always look in the wrong places you'll always find the wrong thing.
No that's not it. I actually have found every single feature that i've needed on pages and they perform just fine.
Its just the feel for the program isn't there for me.
It's probably because i'm so accustomed to MS Office, but then again, I did fall in love with NeoOffice for a while too..so i dont know what it is![]()
Well there it is then, exactly, you're right sir.Actually, I think it is. For one thing, the included templates are completely optional. For another, one of the strengths of Pages is the ability to create custom templates that meet your needs. If you haven't discovered and explored those capabilities, then your reaction to the "feel" being too "artsy" is a result of looking in the wrong places, IMO.
TouchéAn attack? No, I just think you're wrong.
Creating templates in Pages is easy. I'm not an "artiste" either, just someone who writes for a living. I can tell you that our reports look far better and more consistent than any produced by our competitors, including some much bigger companies, and it didn't take a lot of effort to make them that way. Thank you, Apple.
I've found that the vast majority of complaints about Pages come from people who've never spent any significant time learning how to use it. All they know is it doesn't work exactly like Word. For a lot of people this is a problem. For others it's a godsend.